Range base



Sept. 5, 1939. s KLUTE 2,171,852

RANGE BASE Filed Feb. 28, 1938 INVENTOR. 3 SAMUEL KLUTE' (um/ 1 fdww Patented Sept. 5, 1939 i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RANGE BASE Samuel Klute, South Bend, Ind., assignor to Malleable Steel Range Manufacturing Company, South Bend, Ind.

Application February 28, 1938, Serial No. 192,979 l 6 Claims. (01. 126-305) If This invention relates to range bases, and parhorizontal foot portion 2I extends across the botticularly to the base of a cooking range. tom of the legs. A horizontal flange portion 22 Heretofore it has been conventional practice projects inwardly from the upper end of leg porto form the base of a cooking range entirely of tion 20 to constitute a right angled shelf or cast parts. This has rendered the range base support. An upper leg portion 23 projects ver- 55 heavy in weight, quite expensive to make and to tically from the inner part of flange 22, and ship, and has entailed difliculties in respect to each of the two complementary parts thereof is enameling and finishing. centrally cut away at 24, with the upper edge It is, therefore, the primary object of this inof the cutaway configured to provide a depending 1'0 vention to form a range base of cast leg units ear 25 having an aperture 26 centrally thereof. =310 interconnected by sheet metal rails. An inwardly directed horizontal flange portion A further object is to provide a base of this 21 projects from the upper end of leg portion 23 to character wherein the rails are flush with the constitute a second shelf or support off-set both exposed portions of the legs and the range cabvertically and horizontally from flange portion inet but sustain no weight. 22. A narrow right angled vertical flange portion 515 A further object is to provide a base compris- 28 projects vertically upwardly from the inner ing cast legs interconnected and positioned by edge portion of flange 21 at the vertical center sheet metal rails and having securing means of the leg.

therefor which are entirely concealed. The rails I9 each comprise an enameled sheet A further object is to provide a range leg of metal panel having a central portion 30' of a :2 novel character and construction. width substantially equal to the height of upper Other objects will be apparent from the devertical'portion 23 of the leg. Horizontal flanges scription and appended claims: 3| project inwardly from the upper and lower In the drawing: edge portions of central rail portion 3!], and are Fig. l is a perspective view of a range. of a width substantially equal to the width of 5. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view flange 22 of the leg. In adjacent spaced relataken on a line 22 of Fig. 1. tion to its ends, each rail I9 is provided with an Fig. 3 is an interior perspective view of the leg ear 32 projecting downwardly from the inner construction. edge of upper rail flange 3|, and this ear is pro- Fig. 4 is a fragmentary interior perspective, vided with an aperture 33 therethrough adjacent 301 view of a base rail. its lower end spaced from said upper flange 3| Referring to the drawing, which illustrates the a distance equal to the spacing of leg aperture preferred embodiment of the invention, the nu- 26 below leg flange 27. The lower rail flange 3| meral I0 designates a range cabinet of the type is provided with an aperture 34 centrally there- 35 illustrated in my co-pending application Ser. No. through at each end and in substantially vertical 35-. 192,980, filed February 28, 1938. The range cabalignment with aperture 33. Certain of the rails inet comprises a main inner body portion includ- I9, such as the front rail, are rounded at 35 at ing vertical walls II, bottom I2, and top I3. The their ends as best illustrated in Fig. 3, to give thev walls I I and bottom I2 interfit and provide a rail assembly a neat close fit at its joints.

sealed joint or seam I4 projecting below bottom The rails 9 are se ur d t the e y Securing 40 I2 at its margin. Sheet metal exterior panels I5 means 36, such as a bolt and nut, passed through having marginal inturned flanges I6 for spacing the registering apertures 26 and 33 of the leg the panels outwardly of the walls II are secured and rail, respectively; and y im lar Securing to said walls; and doors I! at the front have their means 37 passed through rail aperture 34 and outer surfaces flush with the outer faces of front an aperture in flange 22 of the leg which regis- 45. panel I5. The range cabinet I0 is mounted upon ters therewith. The cut-outs 24 afiord means for a base comprising legs I8 and rails I9. conveniently holding nuts during the threading The legs I8 comprise castings of generally right and tightening of a bolt thereon, whereby the angular horizontal cross section throughout their base assembly is readily effected. It will be seen height, the two side portions on opposite sides that the securing means are entirely concealed 50 of the vertical center thereof being complemenfr m the xt r o y h i n l h p tary. The legs each comprise a lower exposed viding an attractive exterior appearance. The portion 20 extending substantially vertically and U-shaped transverse section of the rails I9 afwhose outer edges are suitably configured to prefords space for the manipulation of the securing sent an attractive design contour, and an integral means, and when proportioned as above de- 55 2 scribed the outer face of central vertical portion 30 thereof is flush with the outer face of exposed leg portion 20, though it will be understood that these faces may be off-set, configured or contoured for ornamental or decorative effect if desired. The legs are positively locked and positioned in upright or vertical operative relation by their interconnection in a base unit by the rails.

When the base unit has been assembled as described, the range cabinet It! may be mounted thereon with the depending marginal joints or seams l4 resting upon the upper horizontal flanges 21 of the legs, whereby the entire weight of said cabinet is sustained solely by the legs. The upper flanges 28 of the legs are of less height than cabinet joints l4, whereby they serve merely to properly position the cabinet upon the base and to prevent lateral shifting or displacement of the cabinet on the base. The inner or main cabinet walls II are thus inwardly off-set from base rails l9; and the flanges l6 of exterior cabinet panels I are preferablyof a width to position said panels l5 flush with rails l9 and exposed leg portions 20, to give a unitary vertical flush effect, though the panels I5 may be off-set from said rails to give any desired ornamental or decorative effect as will be obvious. While the rails l9, by this construction, do not bear or support any of the weight of the stove cabinet, it will be obvious that they can accommodate a certain degree of distortion where the floor on which the base is mounted is slightly out of a true plane, to permit solid seating of each leg of the base on said floor.

I claim:

1. A base unit comprising a plurality of rigid legs each having a horizontal weight supporting portion at its upper end,.and a plurality of rails, said rails being of U-sectio-n and havingsecuring means adjacent its open side for connection with said legs whereby said rails extend laterally outwardly relative to the weight supporting portions of said legs.

2. The combination with'a range cabinet comprising an inner body portion having a marginal depending portion at its bottom, and exterior members covering said body portion in spaced re lation thereto, of a plurality of legs each having an inwardly off-set portion at its upper end supporting the marginal depending portion of said inner body at one corner thereof and an ofi-set intermediate its height, and a plurality of rails seated on said intermediate off-set and secured to said legs.

3. The construction defined in claim 2, wherein said rails and the lower exposed portions of said legs extend substantially flush with the adjacent exterior covering members of said cabinet.

4. In a range base, a plurality of legs each having horizontal flange portions intermediate its height and at its upper end, said upper flange portions constituting range cabinet supporting surfaces, and a plurality of horizontal rails having inwardly extending horizontal flanges at its upper and lower edges, means securing the ends of the lower rail flanges to said intermediate leg flanges, an ear depending from the upper flange of each rail at its .ends, and means securing said depending ears to the upper portions of said rails below the cabinet supporting leg flanges.

5. In a range base, a plurality of horizontal rails having upper and lower inturned flanges, said upper flanges each having a depending ear adjacent each end, and a plurality of legs each having an intermediate off-set mounting the lower flange of each rail and an upper cabinetsupporting off-set substantially aligned with and disposed inwardly of said upper rail flange, and means for securing said lower rail flanges and said ears to said legs.

6. A range leg comprising an integral member having substantially parallel upper and lower portions interconnected by an intermediate railsupporting oil-set, and a range supporting offset projecting inwardly from the upper end of the upper leg portion, said leg member being of L-shape in horizontal cross section throughout and the upper portion thereof having an opening in each face thereof for access to the back of the portion of a rail mounted on said intermediate off-set.

SAMUEL KLUTE. 

